Vulnerability Details : CVE-2006-6165
ld.so in FreeBSD, NetBSD, and possibly other BSD distributions does not remove certain harmful environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges by passing certain environment variables to loading processes. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by a third party, stating that it is the responsibility of the application to properly sanitize the environment
Products affected by CVE-2006-6165
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.2:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6165
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 6 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2006-6165
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7.2
|
HIGH | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
3.9
|
10.0
|
NIST |
References for CVE-2006-6165
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